NHTSA Campaign 00V394000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
NHTSA campaign 00V394000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the structure: body: hood: hinge and attachments. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V394000 with NHTSA on November 28, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V394000, NHTSA lists up to 137,700 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 24, 1999 and October 17, 2000.
The 00V394000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V394000 were scheduled from January 23, 2001, 56 days after the report.
00V394000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V394000 covers have filed at least 112 complaints naming the structure, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V394000 ranks 60 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V394000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 8 other recalls on the structure on this site; the one before 00V394000 was 00V218000, reported on August 11, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WITH STEEL HOODS AND CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SHEET MOLDING COMPOUND HOODS. A WIRE FORMED HOOD STRIKER COULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FATIGUE FRACTURES. IF THE HOOD STRIKER FRACTURES, THE HOOD COULD FLY OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN.
- The risk
- A HOOD FLY-UP WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED COULD RESULT IN REDUCED DRIVER VISIBILITY.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HOOD STRIKER.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JANUARY 23, 2001. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673.
Reported November 28, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V394000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V394000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: November 28, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted